In the Matter of Department of Energy-Idaho Operations Office; Three Mile Island Unit 2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Modifying License (Effective Immediately), 65087-65090 [E7-22573]
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application for amendment dated
February 16, 2007, which is available
for public inspection at the
Commission’s PDR, located at One
White Flint North, File Public Area O1
F21, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor),
Rockville, Maryland. Publicly available
records will be accessible from the
Agencywide Documents Access and
Management System’s (ADAMS) Public
Electronic Reading Room on the Internet
at the NRC Web site, https://
www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
Persons who do not have access to
ADAMS or who encounter problems in
accessing the documents located in
ADAMS, should contact the NRC PDR
Reference staff by telephone at 1–800–
397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by e-mail
to pdr@nrc.gov.
Federal Register to ensure that adequate
notice has been given of an opportunity
to request a hearing. The effective date
of the Immediately Effective Order
remains February 23, 2007, and its
publication in the Federal Register does
not impose any new or different
requirements on the licensee. Requests
for hearing from anyone other than the
licensee must be filed within 20 days of
the date of publication of this Notice in
accordance with Section IV of the
Immediately Effective Order. Pursuant
to 10 CFR 2.202, NRC (or the
Commission) is providing notice, in the
matter of Three Mile Island Unit 2
(TMI–2) Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation (ISFSI) Order
Modifying License (Effective
Immediately).
For The Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John D. Hughey,
Project Manager, Plant Licensing Branch 1–
2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing,
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
[FR Doc. E7–22428 Filed11–16–07; 8:45 am]
II. Further Information
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72–20; EA–06–298]
In the Matter of Department of
Energy—Idaho Operations Office;
Three Mile Island Unit 2 Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Modifying License (Effective
Immediately)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Order Imposing
Fingerprinting and Criminal History
Check Requirements for Access to
Safeguards Information.
AGENCY:
L.
Raynard Wharton, Senior Project
Manager, Licensing and Inspection
Directorate, Division of Spent Fuel
Storage and Transportation, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
(NMSS), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC), Washington, DC
20555–0001. Telephone: (301) 492–
3316; fax number: (301) 492–3348; email: lrw@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
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I. Introduction
The attached Immediately Effective
Order was issued to the licensee on
February 23, 2007. However, due to an
administrative error, the Order was not
published in the Federal Register at the
time the Order was issued. Accordingly,
this Order is now being published in the
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I
The NRC has issued a specific license,
to the Department of Energy, Idaho
Operations Office (DOE–ID), authorizing
storage of spent fuel in an ISFSI in
accordance with the Atomic Energy Act
(AEA) of 1954, as amended, and Title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10
CFR) part 72. On August 8, 2005, the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) was
enacted. Section 652 of the EPAct
amended Section 149 of the AEA to
require fingerprinting and a Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
identification and criminal history
records check of any person who is to
be permitted to have access to
Safeguards Information (SGI).1 The
NRC’s implementation of this
requirement cannot await the
completion of the SGI rulemaking,
which is underway, because the EPAct
fingerprinting and criminal history
check requirements for access to SGI
were immediately effective upon
enactment of the EPAct. Although the
EPAct permits the Commission by rule
to except certain categories of
individuals from the fingerprinting
requirement, which the Commission has
done [see 10 CFR 73.59, 71 FR 33989
(June 13, 2006)], it is unlikely that
licensee employees are excepted from
the fingerprinting requirement by the
‘‘fingerprinting relief’’ rule. Individuals
relieved from fingerprinting and
criminal history checks under the relief
rule include Federal, State, and local
officials and law enforcement
personnel; Agreement State inspectors
who conduct security inspections on
behalf of the NRC; members of Congress
1 Safeguards Information is a form of sensitive,
unclassified, security-related information that the
Commission has the authority to designate and
protect under Section 147 of the AEA.
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and certain employees of members of
Congress or Congressional Committees;
and representatives of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or certain
foreign government organizations. In
addition, individuals who have a
favorably-decided U.S. Government
criminal history check within the last
five (5) years, and individuals who have
active federal security clearances
(provided in either case that they make
available the appropriate
documentation), have satisfied the
EPAct fingerprinting requirement and
need not be fingerprinted again.
Therefore, in accordance with Section
149 of the AEA, as amended by the
EPAct, the Commission is imposing
additional requirements for access to
SGI, as set forth by this Order, so that
affected licensees can obtain and grant
access to SGI.2 This Order also imposes
requirements for access to SGI by any
person,3 from any person, whether or
not a Licensee, Applicant, or Certificate
Holder of the Commission or Agreement
States.
II
The Commission has broad statutory
authority to protect and prohibit the
unauthorized disclosure of SGI. Section
147 of the AEA grants the Commission
explicit authority to issue such Orders
as necessary to prohibit the
unauthorized disclosure of SGI.
Furthermore, Section 652 of the EPAct
amended Section 149 of the AEA to
require fingerprinting and an FBI
identification and a criminal history
records check of each individual who
seeks access to SGI. In addition, no
person may have access to SGI unless
the person satisfies all other applicable
requirements (e.g., 10 CFR 73.21).
To provide assurance that appropriate
measures are being implemented to
comply with the fingerprinting and
criminal history check requirements for
2 The storage and handling requirements for
certain SGI have been modified from the existing
10 CFR part 73 SGI requirements that require a
higher level of protection; such SGI is designated
as Safeguards Information—Modified Handling
(SGI–M). However, the information subject to the
SGI–M handling and protection requirements is
SGI, and licensees and other persons who seek or
obtain access to such SGI are subject to this Order.
3 Person means (1) any individual, corporation,
partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public
or private institution, group, government agency
other than the Commission or the Department of
Energy (DOE), except that the DOE shall be
considered a person with respect to those facilities
of the DOE specified in Section 202 of the Energy
Reorganization Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1244), any
State or any political subdivision of, or any political
entity within a State, any foreign government or
nation or any political subdivision of any such
government or nation, or other entity; and (2) any
legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of
the foregoing.
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access to SGI, DOE–ID shall implement
the requirements of this Order. In
addition, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202, I
find that in consideration of the
common defense and security matters
identified above, which warrant the
issuance of this Order, the public
health, safety and interest require that
this Order be effective immediately.
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III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections
103, 104, 147, 149, 161b, 161i, 161o,
182, and 186 of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954, as amended, and the
Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR
2.202, parts 72 and 73, it is hereby
ordered, effective immediately, that
your specific license is modified as
follows:
A.1. No person may have access to
SGI unless that person has a need-toknow the SGI, has been fingerprinted
and has a favorably-decided FBI
identification and criminal history
records check, and satisfies all other
applicable requirements for access to
SGI. Fingerprinting and the FBI
identification and criminal history
records check are not required,
however, for any person who is relieved
from that requirement by 10 CFR 73.59
[71 FR 33989 (June 13, 2006)], or who
has a favorably-decided U.S.
Government criminal history records
check within the last five (5) years, or
who has an active federal security
clearance, provided in the latter two
cases, that the appropriate
documentation is made available to
DOE–ID’s NRC-approved reviewing
official.
2. No person may have access to any
SGI, if the NRC has determined, based
on fingerprinting and an FBI
identification and criminal history
records check, that the person may not
have access to SGI.
B. No person may provide SGI to any
other person except in accordance with
Condition III.A. above. Prior to
providing SGI to any person, a copy of
this Order shall be provided to that
person.
C.1. DOE–ID shall, within twenty (20)
days of the date of this Order, establish
and maintain a fingerprinting program
that meets the requirements of the
Attachment to this Order.
2. DOE–ID shall, within twenty (20)
days of the date of this Order, submit
the fingerprints of one (1) individual
who currently has access to SGI in
accordance with the previously-issued
NRC Orders, whom continues to need
access to SGI, and whom DOE–ID
nominates as the ‘‘reviewing official’’
for determining access to SGI by other
individuals. The NRC will determine
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whether this individual (or any
subsequent reviewing official) may have
access to SGI and, therefore, will be
permitted to serve as DOE–ID’s
reviewing official.4 DOE–ID may, at the
same time or later, submit the
fingerprints of other individuals for
whom access to SGI is sought.
Fingerprints shall be submitted and
reviewed in accordance with the
procedures described in the Attachment
of this Order.
3. DOE–ID may allow any individual
who currently has access to SGI in
accordance with the previously issued
NRC Orders, to continue to have access
to previously-designated SGI, without
being fingerprinted, pending a decision
by the NRC-approved reviewing official
(based on fingerprinting, an FBI
criminal history records check, and a
trustworthy and reliability
determination) that the individual may
continue to have access to SGI. DOE–ID
shall make determinations on continued
access to SGI by May 25, 2007, in part
on the results of the fingerprinting and
criminal history check, for those
individuals who were previously
granted access to SGI before the
issuance of this Order.
4. DOE–ID shall, in writing, within
twenty (20) days of the date of this
Order, notify the Commission: (1) If it is
unable to comply with any of the
requirements described in the Order,
including the Attachment; or (2) if
compliance with any of the
requirements is unnecessary in its
specific circumstances. The notification
shall provide DOE–ID’s justification for
seeking relief from, or variation of, any
specific requirement.
DOE–ID responses to C.1., C.2., C.3.,
and C.4. above shall be submitted to the
Director, Office of Nuclear Material
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001. In addition, responses
shall be marked as ‘‘Security-Related
Information—Withhold under 10 CFR
2.390.’’
The Director, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, may in
writing, relax or rescind any of the
above conditions upon demonstration of
good cause by DOE–ID.
IV
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202,
DOE–ID must, and any other person
adversely affected by this Order may,
submit an answer to this Order within
20 days of the date of the Order. In
4 The NRC’s determination of this individual’s
access to SGI, in accordance with the process
described in Enclosure 3 to the transmittal letter of
this Order, is an administrative determination that
is outside the scope of this Order.
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addition, DOE–ID and any other person
adversely affected by this Order may
request a hearing on this Order within
20 days of the date of the Order. Where
good cause is shown, consideration will
be given to extending the time to answer
or request a hearing. A request for
extension of time must be made, in
writing, to the Director, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001 and
include a statement of good cause for
the extension.
The answer may consent to this
Order. If the answer includes a request
for a hearing, it shall, under oath or
affirmation, specifically set forth the
matters of fact and law on which DOE–
ID relies and the reasons as to why the
Order should not have been issued. If a
person other than DOE–ID requests a
hearing, that person shall set forth with
particularity the manner in which his
interest is adversely affected by this
Order and shall address the criteria set
forth in 10 CFR 2.309(d).
A request for a hearing must be filed
in accordance with the NRC E-Filing
rule, which became effective on October
15, 2007. The NRC E-Filing Final Rule
was issued on August 28, 2007, (72 FR
49139) and codified in pertinent part at
10 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. The E-Filing
process requires participants to submit
and serve documents over the internet
or, in some cases, to mail copies on
electronic optical storage media.
Participants may not submit paper
copies of their filings unless they seek
a waiver in accordance with the
procedures described below.
To comply with the procedural
requirements associated with E-Filing,
at least five (5) days prior to the filing
deadline the requestor must contact the
Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by
calling (301) 415–1677, to request (1) a
digital ID certificate, which allows the
participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign
documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any NRC proceeding in which
it is participating; and/or (2) creation of
an electronic docket for the proceeding
(even in instances when the requestor
(or its counsel or representative) already
holds an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate). Each requestor will need to
download the Workplace Forms
ViewerTM to access the Electronic
Information Exchange (EIE), a
component of the E-Filing system. The
Workplace Forms ViewerTM is free and
is available at https://www.nrc.gov/sitehelp/e-submittals/install-viewer.html.
Information about applying for a digital
ID certificate is also available on NRC’s
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public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals/applycertificates.html.
Once a requestor has obtained a
digital ID certificate, had a docket
created, and downloaded the EIE
viewer, it can then submit a request for
a hearing through EIE. Submissions
should be in Portable Document Format
(PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance
available on the NRC public Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html. A filing is considered
complete at the time the filer submits its
document through EIE. To be timely,
electronic filings must be submitted to
the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date. Upon
receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing
system time-stamps the document and
sends the submitter an e-mail notice
confirming receipt of the document. The
EIE system also distributes an e-mail
notice that provides access to the
document to the NRC Office of the
General Counsel and any others who
have advised the Office of the Secretary
that they wish to participate in the
proceeding, so that the filer need not
serve the document on those
participants separately. Therefore, any
others who wish to participate in the
proceeding (or their counsel or
representative) must apply for and
receive a digital ID certificate before a
hearing request is filed so that they may
obtain access to the document via the EFiling system.
A person filing electronically may
seek assistance through the ‘‘Contact
Us’’ link located on the NRC Web site
at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/esubmittals.html or by calling the NRC
technical help line, which is available
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
The help line number is (800) 397–4209
or locally, (301) 415–4737.
Participants who believe that they
have good cause for not submitting
documents electronically must file a
motion, in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
requesting authorization to continue to
submit documents in paper format.
Such filings must be submitted by (1)
first class mail addressed to the Office
of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff; or
(2) courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service to the Office of the
Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One White
Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, Attention:
Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff.
Participants filing a document in this
manner are responsible for serving the
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document on all other participants.
Filing is considered complete by firstclass mail as of the time of deposit in
the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon
depositing the document with the
provider of the service.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory
proceedings will appear in NRC’s
electronic hearing docket which is
available to the public at https://
ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp,
unless excluded pursuant to an order of
the Commission, an Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board, or a Presiding Officer.
Participants are requested not to include
personal privacy information, such as
social security numbers, home
addresses, or home phone numbers in
their filings. With respect to copyrighted
works, except for limited excerpts that
serve the purpose of the adjudicatory
filings and would constitute a Fair Use
application, Participants are requested
not to include copyrighted materials in
their works.
If a hearing is requested by DOE–ID or
a person whose interest is adversely
affected, the Commission will issue an
Order designating the time and place of
any hearing. If a hearing is held, the
issue to be considered at such hearing
shall be whether this Order should be
sustained.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202(c)(2)(i),
DOE–ID may, in addition to requesting
a hearing, at the time the answer is filed
or sooner, move the presiding officer to
set aside the immediate effectiveness of
the Order on the grounds that the Order,
including the need for immediate
effectiveness, is not based on adequate
evidence, but on mere suspicion,
unfounded allegations, or error.
In the absence of any request for
hearing, or written approval of an
extension of time in which to request a
hearing, the provisions as specified in
Section III shall be final twenty (20)
days from the date of this Order without
further Order or proceedings. If an
extension of time for requesting a
hearing has been approved, the
provisions as specified in Section III
shall be final when the extension
expires, if a hearing request has not
been received. An answer or a request
for hearing shall not stay the immediate
effectiveness of this order.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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Dated this 7th day of November 2007.
Micheal F. Weber,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards.
Requirements for Fingerprinting and
Criminal History Checks of Individuals
When Licensee’s Reviewing Official Is
Determining Access to Safeguards
Information
General Requirements
Licensees shall comply with the
requirements of this attachment.
A.1. Each licensee subject to the provisions
of this attachment shall fingerprint each
individual who is seeking or permitted
access to Safeguards Information (SGI). The
licensee shall review and use the information
received from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) and ensure that the
provisions contained in the subject Order
and this attachment are satisfied.
2. The licensee shall notify each affected
individual that the fingerprints will be used
to secure a review of his/her criminal history
record and inform the individual of the
procedures for revising the record or
including an explanation in the record, as
specified in the ‘‘Right to Correct and
Complete Information’’ section of this
attachment.
3. Fingerprints need not be taken if an
employed individual (e.g., a licensee
employee, contractor, manufacturer, or
supplier) is relieved from the fingerprinting
requirement by 10 CFR 73.59, has a favorably
decided U.S. Government criminal history
check within the last five (5) years, or has an
active federal security clearance. Written
confirmation from the Agency/employer that
granted the federal security clearance or
reviewed the criminal history check must be
provided. The licensee must retain this
documentation for a period of three (3) years
from the date the individual no longer
requires access to SGI associated with the
licensee’s activities.
4. All fingerprints obtained by the licensee
pursuant to this Order must be submitted to
the Commission for transmission to the FBI.
5. The licensee shall review the
information received from the FBI and
consider it, in conjunction with the
trustworthy and reliability requirements of
the previously issued Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission) Orders, in
making a determination of whether to grant
access to SGI to individuals who have a
need-to-know the SGI.
6. The licensee shall use any information
obtained as part of a criminal history records
check solely for the purpose of determining
an individual’s suitability for access to SGI.
7. The licensee shall document the basis
for its determination whether to grant access
to SGI.
B. The licensee shall notify the NRC of any
desired change in reviewing officials. The
NRC will determine whether the individual
nominated as the new reviewing official may
have access to SGI based on a previouslyobtained or new criminal history check and,
therefore, will be permitted to serve as the
licensee’s reviewing official.
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Prohibitions
A licensee shall not base a final
determination to deny an individual access
to SGI solely on the basis of information
received from the FBI involving: (1) an arrest
more than one (1) year old for which there
is no information of the disposition of the
case; or (2) an arrest that resulted in
dismissal of the charge, or an acquittal.
A licensee shall not use information
received from a criminal history check
obtained pursuant to this Order in a manner
that would infringe upon the rights of any
individual, under the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, nor
shall the licensee use the information in any
way that would discriminate among
individuals on the basis of race, religion,
national origin, sex, or age.
Procedures for Processing Fingerprint Checks
For the purpose of complying with this
Order, licensees shall, using an appropriate
method listed in 10 CFR 73.4, submit to the
NRC’s Division of Facilities and Security,
Mail Stop T–6E46, one completed, legible
standard fingerprint card (Form FD–258,
ORIMDNRCOOOZ) or, where practicable,
other fingerprint records, for each individual
seeking access to SGI, to the Director of the
Division of Facilities and Security, marked
for the attention of the Division’s Criminal
History Check Section. Copies of these forms
may be obtained by: (1) writing the Office of
Information Services, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555–0001; (2) calling (301) 415–5877; or
(3) e-mail to forms@nrc.gov. Practicable
alternative formats are set forth in 10 CFR
73.4. The licensee shall establish procedures
to ensure that the quality of the fingerprints
taken results in minimizing the rejection rate
of fingerprint cards from illegible or
incomplete cards.
The NRC will review submitted fingerprint
cards for completeness. Any Form FD–258
fingerprint record containing omissions or
evident errors will be returned to the licensee
for corrections. The fee for processing
fingerprint checks includes one resubmission, if the initial submission is
returned by the FBI because the fingerprint
impressions cannot be classified. The one
free re-submission must have the FBI
Transaction Control Number reflected on the
re-submission. If additional submissions are
necessary, they will be treated as initial
submittals and will require a second payment
of the processing fee.
Fees for processing fingerprint checks are
due upon application. Licensees shall submit
payment with the application for processing
fingerprints by corporate check, certified
check, cashier’s check, money order, or
electronic payment, made payable to ‘‘U.S.
NRC.’’ [For guidance on making electronic
payments, contact the Facilities Security
Branch, Division of Facilities and Security, at
(301) 415–7739]. Combined payment for
multiple applications is acceptable. The
application fee (currently $27) is the sum of
the user fee charged by the FBI for each
fingerprint card or other fingerprint record
submitted by the NRC on behalf of a licensee,
and an NRC processing fee, which covers
administrative costs associated with NRC
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handling of licensee fingerprint submissions.
The Commission will directly notify
licensees that are subject to this regulation of
any fee changes.
The Commission will forward to the
submitting licensee all data received from the
FBI as a result of the licensee’s application(s)
for criminal history checks, including the FBI
fingerprint record.
Right To Correct and Complete Information
Prior to any final adverse determination,
the licensee shall make available, to the
individual the contents of any criminal
records, obtained from the FBI for the
purpose of assuring correct and complete
information. Written confirmation by the
individual of receipt of this notification must
be maintained by the licensee for a period of
one (1) year from the date of the notification.
If, after reviewing the record, an individual
believes that it is incorrect or incomplete in
any respect and wishes to change, correct, or
update the alleged deficiency, or to explain
any matter in the record, the individual may
initiate challenge procedures. These
procedures include either direct application,
by the individual challenging the record to
the agency (i.e., law enforcement agency) that
contributed the questioned information, or
direct challenge as to the accuracy or
completeness of any entry on the criminal
history record, to the Assistant Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation Identification
Division, Washington, DC 20537–9700 (as set
forth in 28 CFR 16.30 through 16.34). In the
latter case, the FBI forwards the challenge to
the agency that submitted the data and
requests that agency to verify or correct the
challenged entry. Upon receipt of an official
communication directly from the agency that
contributed the original information, the FBI
Identification Division makes any changes
necessary in accordance with the information
supplied by that agency. The licensee must
provide at least ten (10) days for an
individual to initiate an action challenging
the results of an FBI criminal history records
check after the record is made available for
his/her review. The licensee may make a
final SGI access determination based on the
criminal history record only upon receipt of
the FBI’s ultimate confirmation or correction
of the record. A final adverse determination
on access to SGI, the licensee shall provide
the individual its documented basis for
denial. Access to SGI shall not be granted to
an individual during the review process.
Protection of Information
1. Each licensee that obtains a criminal
history record on an individual pursuant to
this Order shall establish and maintain a
system of files and procedures for protecting
the record and the personal information from
unauthorized disclosure.
2. The licensee may not disclose the record
or personal information collected and
maintained to persons other than the subject
individual, his/her representative, or to those
who have a need to access the information
in performing assigned duties in the process
of determining access to SGI. No individual
authorized to have access to the information
may re-disseminate the information to any
other individual who does not have a needto-know.
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3. The personal information obtained on an
individual from a criminal history records
check may be transferred to another licensee
if the gaining licensee receives the
individual’s written request to re-disseminate
the information contained in his/her file, and
the gaining licensee verifies information such
as the individual’s name, date of birth, social
security number, sex, and other applicable
physical characteristics for identification
purposes.
4. The licensee shall make criminal history
records, obtained under this section,
available for examination by an authorized
NRC representative, to determine compliance
with the regulations and laws.
5. The licensee shall retain all fingerprint
and criminal history records received from
the FBI, or a copy, if the individual’s file has
been transferred, for three (3) years after
termination of employment or determination
of access to SGI. After the required three (3)
year period, these documents shall be
destroyed by a method that will prevent
reconstruction of the information in whole or
in part.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72–9; EA–06–298]
In the Matter of Department of
Energy—Idaho Operations Office Fort
Saint Vrain Power Station Independent
Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Modifying License (Effective
Immediately)
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Order Imposing
Fingerprinting and Criminal History
Check Requirements for Access to
Safeguards Information.
AGENCY:
L.
Raynard Wharton, Senior Project
Manager, Licensing and Inspection
Directorate, Division of Spent Fuel
Storage and Transportation, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
(NMSS), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC), Washington, DC
20555–0001. Telephone: (301) 492–
3316; fax number: (301) 492–3348; email: lrw@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
I. Introduction
The attached Immediately Effective
Order was issued to the licensee on
February 23, 2007. However, due to an
administrative error, the Order was not
published in the Federal Register at the
time the Order was issued. Accordingly,
this Order is now being published in the
Federal Register to ensure that adequate
notice has been given of an opportunity
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 72-20; EA-06-298]
In the Matter of Department of Energy--Idaho Operations Office;
Three Mile Island Unit 2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation
Modifying License (Effective Immediately)
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Issuance of Order Imposing Fingerprinting and Criminal History
Check Requirements for Access to Safeguards Information.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: L. Raynard Wharton, Senior Project
Manager, Licensing and Inspection Directorate, Division of Spent Fuel
Storage and Transportation, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards (NMSS), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),
Washington, DC 20555-0001. Telephone: (301) 492-3316; fax number: (301)
492-3348; e-mail: lrw@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The attached Immediately Effective Order was issued to the licensee
on February 23, 2007. However, due to an administrative error, the
Order was not published in the Federal Register at the time the Order
was issued. Accordingly, this Order is now being published in the
Federal Register to ensure that adequate notice has been given of an
opportunity to request a hearing. The effective date of the Immediately
Effective Order remains February 23, 2007, and its publication in the
Federal Register does not impose any new or different requirements on
the licensee. Requests for hearing from anyone other than the licensee
must be filed within 20 days of the date of publication of this Notice
in accordance with Section IV of the Immediately Effective Order.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202, NRC (or the Commission) is providing notice,
in the matter of Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) Independent Spent
Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Order Modifying License (Effective
Immediately).
II. Further Information
I
The NRC has issued a specific license, to the Department of Energy,
Idaho Operations Office (DOE-ID), authorizing storage of spent fuel in
an ISFSI in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act (AEA) of 1954, as
amended, and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part
72. On August 8, 2005, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct) was
enacted. Section 652 of the EPAct amended Section 149 of the AEA to
require fingerprinting and a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
identification and criminal history records check of any person who is
to be permitted to have access to Safeguards Information (SGI).\1\ The
NRC's implementation of this requirement cannot await the completion of
the SGI rulemaking, which is underway, because the EPAct fingerprinting
and criminal history check requirements for access to SGI were
immediately effective upon enactment of the EPAct. Although the EPAct
permits the Commission by rule to except certain categories of
individuals from the fingerprinting requirement, which the Commission
has done [see 10 CFR 73.59, 71 FR 33989 (June 13, 2006)], it is
unlikely that licensee employees are excepted from the fingerprinting
requirement by the ``fingerprinting relief'' rule. Individuals relieved
from fingerprinting and criminal history checks under the relief rule
include Federal, State, and local officials and law enforcement
personnel; Agreement State inspectors who conduct security inspections
on behalf of the NRC; members of Congress and certain employees of
members of Congress or Congressional Committees; and representatives of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or certain foreign
government organizations. In addition, individuals who have a
favorably-decided U.S. Government criminal history check within the
last five (5) years, and individuals who have active federal security
clearances (provided in either case that they make available the
appropriate documentation), have satisfied the EPAct fingerprinting
requirement and need not be fingerprinted again. Therefore, in
accordance with Section 149 of the AEA, as amended by the EPAct, the
Commission is imposing additional requirements for access to SGI, as
set forth by this Order, so that affected licensees can obtain and
grant access to SGI.\2\ This Order also imposes requirements for access
to SGI by any person,\3\ from any person, whether or not a Licensee,
Applicant, or Certificate Holder of the Commission or Agreement States.
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\1\ Safeguards Information is a form of sensitive, unclassified,
security-related information that the Commission has the authority
to designate and protect under Section 147 of the AEA.
\2\ The storage and handling requirements for certain SGI have
been modified from the existing 10 CFR part 73 SGI requirements that
require a higher level of protection; such SGI is designated as
Safeguards Information--Modified Handling (SGI-M). However, the
information subject to the SGI-M handling and protection
requirements is SGI, and licensees and other persons who seek or
obtain access to such SGI are subject to this Order.
\3\ Person means (1) any individual, corporation, partnership,
firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution,
group, government agency other than the Commission or the Department
of Energy (DOE), except that the DOE shall be considered a person
with respect to those facilities of the DOE specified in Section 202
of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 1244), any State
or any political subdivision of, or any political entity within a
State, any foreign government or nation or any political subdivision
of any such government or nation, or other entity; and (2) any legal
successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing.
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II
The Commission has broad statutory authority to protect and
prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of SGI. Section 147 of the AEA
grants the Commission explicit authority to issue such Orders as
necessary to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of SGI. Furthermore,
Section 652 of the EPAct amended Section 149 of the AEA to require
fingerprinting and an FBI identification and a criminal history records
check of each individual who seeks access to SGI. In addition, no
person may have access to SGI unless the person satisfies all other
applicable requirements (e.g., 10 CFR 73.21).
To provide assurance that appropriate measures are being
implemented to comply with the fingerprinting and criminal history
check requirements for
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access to SGI, DOE-ID shall implement the requirements of this Order.
In addition, pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202, I find that in consideration of
the common defense and security matters identified above, which warrant
the issuance of this Order, the public health, safety and interest
require that this Order be effective immediately.
III
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 103, 104, 147, 149, 161b, 161i,
161o, 182, and 186 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and
the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 2.202, parts 72 and 73, it is
hereby ordered, effective immediately, that your specific license is
modified as follows:
A.1. No person may have access to SGI unless that person has a
need-to-know the SGI, has been fingerprinted and has a favorably-
decided FBI identification and criminal history records check, and
satisfies all other applicable requirements for access to SGI.
Fingerprinting and the FBI identification and criminal history records
check are not required, however, for any person who is relieved from
that requirement by 10 CFR 73.59 [71 FR 33989 (June 13, 2006)], or who
has a favorably-decided U.S. Government criminal history records check
within the last five (5) years, or who has an active federal security
clearance, provided in the latter two cases, that the appropriate
documentation is made available to DOE-ID's NRC-approved reviewing
official.
2. No person may have access to any SGI, if the NRC has determined,
based on fingerprinting and an FBI identification and criminal history
records check, that the person may not have access to SGI.
B. No person may provide SGI to any other person except in
accordance with Condition III.A. above. Prior to providing SGI to any
person, a copy of this Order shall be provided to that person.
C.1. DOE-ID shall, within twenty (20) days of the date of this
Order, establish and maintain a fingerprinting program that meets the
requirements of the Attachment to this Order.
2. DOE-ID shall, within twenty (20) days of the date of this Order,
submit the fingerprints of one (1) individual who currently has access
to SGI in accordance with the previously-issued NRC Orders, whom
continues to need access to SGI, and whom DOE-ID nominates as the
``reviewing official'' for determining access to SGI by other
individuals. The NRC will determine whether this individual (or any
subsequent reviewing official) may have access to SGI and, therefore,
will be permitted to serve as DOE-ID's reviewing official.\4\ DOE-ID
may, at the same time or later, submit the fingerprints of other
individuals for whom access to SGI is sought. Fingerprints shall be
submitted and reviewed in accordance with the procedures described in
the Attachment of this Order.
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\4\ The NRC's determination of this individual's access to SGI,
in accordance with the process described in Enclosure 3 to the
transmittal letter of this Order, is an administrative determination
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3. DOE-ID may allow any individual who currently has access to SGI
in accordance with the previously issued NRC Orders, to continue to
have access to previously-designated SGI, without being fingerprinted,
pending a decision by the NRC-approved reviewing official (based on
fingerprinting, an FBI criminal history records check, and a
trustworthy and reliability determination) that the individual may
continue to have access to SGI. DOE-ID shall make determinations on
continued access to SGI by May 25, 2007, in part on the results of the
fingerprinting and criminal history check, for those individuals who
were previously granted access to SGI before the issuance of this
Order.
4. DOE-ID shall, in writing, within twenty (20) days of the date of
this Order, notify the Commission: (1) If it is unable to comply with
any of the requirements described in the Order, including the
Attachment; or (2) if compliance with any of the requirements is
unnecessary in its specific circumstances. The notification shall
provide DOE-ID's justification for seeking relief from, or variation
of, any specific requirement.
DOE-ID responses to C.1., C.2., C.3., and C.4. above shall be
submitted to the Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001. In addition, responses shall be marked as ``Security-Related
Information--Withhold under 10 CFR 2.390.''
The Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, may
in writing, relax or rescind any of the above conditions upon
demonstration of good cause by DOE-ID.
IV
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.202, DOE-ID must, and any other person
adversely affected by this Order may, submit an answer to this Order
within 20 days of the date of the Order. In addition, DOE-ID and any
other person adversely affected by this Order may request a hearing on
this Order within 20 days of the date of the Order. Where good cause is
shown, consideration will be given to extending the time to answer or
request a hearing. A request for extension of time must be made, in
writing, to the Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001 and include a statement of good cause for the extension.
The answer may consent to this Order. If the answer includes a
request for a hearing, it shall, under oath or affirmation,
specifically set forth the matters of fact and law on which DOE-ID
relies and the reasons as to why the Order should not have been issued.
If a person other than DOE-ID requests a hearing, that person shall set
forth with particularity the manner in which his interest is adversely
affected by this Order and shall address the criteria set forth in 10
CFR 2.309(d).
A request for a hearing must be filed in accordance with the NRC E-
Filing rule, which became effective on October 15, 2007. The NRC E-
Filing Final Rule was issued on August 28, 2007, (72 FR 49139) and
codified in pertinent part at 10 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. The E-Filing
process requires participants to submit and serve documents over the
internet or, in some cases, to mail copies on electronic optical
storage media. Participants may not submit paper copies of their
filings unless they seek a waiver in accordance with the procedures
described below.
To comply with the procedural requirements associated with E-
Filing, at least five (5) days prior to the filing deadline the
requestor must contact the Office of the Secretary by e-mail at
HEARINGDOCKET@NRC.GOV, or by calling (301) 415-1677, to request (1) a
digital ID certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign documents and access the E-Submittal
server for any NRC proceeding in which it is participating; and/or (2)
creation of an electronic docket for the proceeding (even in instances
when the requestor (or its counsel or representative) already holds an
NRC-issued digital ID certificate). Each requestor will need to
download the Workplace Forms ViewerTM to access the
Electronic Information Exchange (EIE), a component of the E-Filing
system. The Workplace Forms ViewerTM is free and is
available at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/install-
viewer.html. Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
also available on NRC's
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public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/apply-
certificates.html.
Once a requestor has obtained a digital ID certificate, had a
docket created, and downloaded the EIE viewer, it can then submit a
request for a hearing through EIE. Submissions should be in Portable
Document Format (PDF) in accordance with NRC guidance available on the
NRC public Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html.
A filing is considered complete at the time the filer submits its
document through EIE. To be timely, electronic filings must be
submitted to the EIE system no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on
the due date. Upon receipt of a transmission, the E-Filing system time-
stamps the document and sends the submitter an e-mail notice confirming
receipt of the document. The EIE system also distributes an e-mail
notice that provides access to the document to the NRC Office of the
General Counsel and any others who have advised the Office of the
Secretary that they wish to participate in the proceeding, so that the
filer need not serve the document on those participants separately.
Therefore, any others who wish to participate in the proceeding (or
their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a digital
ID certificate before a hearing request is filed so that they may
obtain access to the document via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically may seek assistance through the
``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC Web site at https://www.nrc.gov/
site-help/e-submittals.html or by calling the NRC technical help line,
which is available between 8:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m., Eastern Time,
Monday through Friday. The help line number is (800) 397-4209 or
locally, (301) 415-4737.
Participants who believe that they have good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file a motion, in accordance
with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing requesting
authorization to continue to submit documents in paper format. Such
filings must be submitted by (1) first class mail addressed to the
Office of the Secretary of the Commission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemaking and
Adjudications Staff; or (2) courier, express mail, or expedited
delivery service to the Office of the Secretary, Sixteenth Floor, One
White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852,
Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff. Participants filing a
document in this manner are responsible for serving the document on all
other participants. Filing is considered complete by first-class mail
as of the time of deposit in the mail, or by courier, express mail, or
expedited delivery service upon depositing the document with the
provider of the service.
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in
NRC's electronic hearing docket which is available to the public at
https://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp, unless excluded pursuant
to an order of the Commission, an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, or
a Presiding Officer. Participants are requested not to include personal
privacy information, such as social security numbers, home addresses,
or home phone numbers in their filings. With respect to copyrighted
works, except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the
adjudicatory filings and would constitute a Fair Use application,
Participants are requested not to include copyrighted materials in
their works.
If a hearing is requested by DOE-ID or a person whose interest is
adversely affected, the Commission will issue an Order designating the
time and place of any hearing. If a hearing is held, the issue to be
considered at such hearing shall be whether this Order should be
sustained.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202(c)(2)(i), DOE-ID may, in addition to
requesting a hearing, at the time the answer is filed or sooner, move
the presiding officer to set aside the immediate effectiveness of the
Order on the grounds that the Order, including the need for immediate
effectiveness, is not based on adequate evidence, but on mere
suspicion, unfounded allegations, or error.
In the absence of any request for hearing, or written approval of
an extension of time in which to request a hearing, the provisions as
specified in Section III shall be final twenty (20) days from the date
of this Order without further Order or proceedings. If an extension of
time for requesting a hearing has been approved, the provisions as
specified in Section III shall be final when the extension expires, if
a hearing request has not been received. An answer or a request for
hearing shall not stay the immediate effectiveness of this order.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Dated this 7th day of November 2007.
Micheal F. Weber,
Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
Requirements for Fingerprinting and Criminal History Checks of
Individuals When Licensee's Reviewing Official Is Determining Access to
Safeguards Information
General Requirements
Licensees shall comply with the requirements of this attachment.
A.1. Each licensee subject to the provisions of this attachment
shall fingerprint each individual who is seeking or permitted access
to Safeguards Information (SGI). The licensee shall review and use
the information received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) and ensure that the provisions contained in the subject Order
and this attachment are satisfied.
2. The licensee shall notify each affected individual that the
fingerprints will be used to secure a review of his/her criminal
history record and inform the individual of the procedures for
revising the record or including an explanation in the record, as
specified in the ``Right to Correct and Complete Information''
section of this attachment.
3. Fingerprints need not be taken if an employed individual
(e.g., a licensee employee, contractor, manufacturer, or supplier)
is relieved from the fingerprinting requirement by 10 CFR 73.59, has
a favorably decided U.S. Government criminal history check within
the last five (5) years, or has an active federal security
clearance. Written confirmation from the Agency/employer that
granted the federal security clearance or reviewed the criminal
history check must be provided. The licensee must retain this
documentation for a period of three (3) years from the date the
individual no longer requires access to SGI associated with the
licensee's activities.
4. All fingerprints obtained by the licensee pursuant to this
Order must be submitted to the Commission for transmission to the
FBI.
5. The licensee shall review the information received from the
FBI and consider it, in conjunction with the trustworthy and
reliability requirements of the previously issued Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC or Commission) Orders, in making a determination of
whether to grant access to SGI to individuals who have a need-to-
know the SGI.
6. The licensee shall use any information obtained as part of a
criminal history records check solely for the purpose of determining
an individual's suitability for access to SGI.
7. The licensee shall document the basis for its determination
whether to grant access to SGI.
B. The licensee shall notify the NRC of any desired change in
reviewing officials. The NRC will determine whether the individual
nominated as the new reviewing official may have access to SGI based
on a previously-obtained or new criminal history check and,
therefore, will be permitted to serve as the licensee's reviewing
official.
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Prohibitions
A licensee shall not base a final determination to deny an
individual access to SGI solely on the basis of information received
from the FBI involving: (1) an arrest more than one (1) year old for
which there is no information of the disposition of the case; or (2)
an arrest that resulted in dismissal of the charge, or an acquittal.
A licensee shall not use information received from a criminal
history check obtained pursuant to this Order in a manner that would
infringe upon the rights of any individual, under the First
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, nor shall the
licensee use the information in any way that would discriminate
among individuals on the basis of race, religion, national origin,
sex, or age.
Procedures for Processing Fingerprint Checks
For the purpose of complying with this Order, licensees shall,
using an appropriate method listed in 10 CFR 73.4, submit to the
NRC's Division of Facilities and Security, Mail Stop T-6E46, one
completed, legible standard fingerprint card (Form FD-258,
ORIMDNRCOOOZ) or, where practicable, other fingerprint records, for
each individual seeking access to SGI, to the Director of the
Division of Facilities and Security, marked for the attention of the
Division's Criminal History Check Section. Copies of these forms may
be obtained by: (1) writing the Office of Information Services, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; (2)
calling (301) 415-5877; or (3) e-mail to forms@nrc.gov. Practicable
alternative formats are set forth in 10 CFR 73.4. The licensee shall
establish procedures to ensure that the quality of the fingerprints
taken results in minimizing the rejection rate of fingerprint cards
from illegible or incomplete cards.
The NRC will review submitted fingerprint cards for
completeness. Any Form FD-258 fingerprint record containing
omissions or evident errors will be returned to the licensee for
corrections. The fee for processing fingerprint checks includes one
re-submission, if the initial submission is returned by the FBI
because the fingerprint impressions cannot be classified. The one
free re-submission must have the FBI Transaction Control Number
reflected on the re-submission. If additional submissions are
necessary, they will be treated as initial submittals and will
require a second payment of the processing fee.
Fees for processing fingerprint checks are due upon application.
Licensees shall submit payment with the application for processing
fingerprints by corporate check, certified check, cashier's check,
money order, or electronic payment, made payable to ``U.S. NRC.''
[For guidance on making electronic payments, contact the Facilities
Security Branch, Division of Facilities and Security, at (301) 415-
7739]. Combined payment for multiple applications is acceptable. The
application fee (currently $27) is the sum of the user fee charged
by the FBI for each fingerprint card or other fingerprint record
submitted by the NRC on behalf of a licensee, and an NRC processing
fee, which covers administrative costs associated with NRC handling
of licensee fingerprint submissions. The Commission will directly
notify licensees that are subject to this regulation of any fee
changes.
The Commission will forward to the submitting licensee all data
received from the FBI as a result of the licensee's application(s)
for criminal history checks, including the FBI fingerprint record.
Right To Correct and Complete Information
Prior to any final adverse determination, the licensee shall
make available, to the individual the contents of any criminal
records, obtained from the FBI for the purpose of assuring correct
and complete information. Written confirmation by the individual of
receipt of this notification must be maintained by the licensee for
a period of one (1) year from the date of the notification. If,
after reviewing the record, an individual believes that it is
incorrect or incomplete in any respect and wishes to change,
correct, or update the alleged deficiency, or to explain any matter
in the record, the individual may initiate challenge procedures.
These procedures include either direct application, by the
individual challenging the record to the agency (i.e., law
enforcement agency) that contributed the questioned information, or
direct challenge as to the accuracy or completeness of any entry on
the criminal history record, to the Assistant Director, Federal
Bureau of Investigation Identification Division, Washington, DC
20537-9700 (as set forth in 28 CFR 16.30 through 16.34). In the
latter case, the FBI forwards the challenge to the agency that
submitted the data and requests that agency to verify or correct the
challenged entry. Upon receipt of an official communication directly
from the agency that contributed the original information, the FBI
Identification Division makes any changes necessary in accordance
with the information supplied by that agency. The licensee must
provide at least ten (10) days for an individual to initiate an
action challenging the results of an FBI criminal history records
check after the record is made available for his/her review. The
licensee may make a final SGI access determination based on the
criminal history record only upon receipt of the FBI's ultimate
confirmation or correction of the record. A final adverse
determination on access to SGI, the licensee shall provide the
individual its documented basis for denial. Access to SGI shall not
be granted to an individual during the review process.
Protection of Information
1. Each licensee that obtains a criminal history record on an
individual pursuant to this Order shall establish and maintain a
system of files and procedures for protecting the record and the
personal information from unauthorized disclosure.
2. The licensee may not disclose the record or personal
information collected and maintained to persons other than the
subject individual, his/her representative, or to those who have a
need to access the information in performing assigned duties in the
process of determining access to SGI. No individual authorized to
have access to the information may re-disseminate the information to
any other individual who does not have a need-to-know.
3. The personal information obtained on an individual from a
criminal history records check may be transferred to another
licensee if the gaining licensee receives the individual's written
request to re-disseminate the information contained in his/her file,
and the gaining licensee verifies information such as the
individual's name, date of birth, social security number, sex, and
other applicable physical characteristics for identification
purposes.
4. The licensee shall make criminal history records, obtained
under this section, available for examination by an authorized NRC
representative, to determine compliance with the regulations and
laws.
5. The licensee shall retain all fingerprint and criminal
history records received from the FBI, or a copy, if the
individual's file has been transferred, for three (3) years after
termination of employment or determination of access to SGI. After
the required three (3) year period, these documents shall be
destroyed by a method that will prevent reconstruction of the
information in whole or in part.
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